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Celebrities remember director Garry Marshall, dead at 81

Writer-director Garry Marshall, whose TV hits included "Happy Days” "Laverne & Shirley" and box-office successes included "Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride," has died at age 81. Publicist Michelle Bega says Marshall died Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in at a hospital in Burbank, Calif., of complications from pneumonia after having a stroke.

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Writer-director Garry Marshall, whose TV hits included "Happy Days” "Laverne & Shirley" and box-office successes included "Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride," has died at age 81. Publicist Michelle Bega says Marshall died Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in at a hospital in Burbank, Calif., of complications from pneumonia after having a stroke.
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 20, 2016

Acclaimed TV and film director Garry Marshall died Tuesday from pneumonia complications after he suffered a stroke, his publicist confirmed. He was 81.

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Celebrities took to social media to pay tribute to Marshall, best known for his work on "Happy Days," "Pretty Woman" and "The Princess Diaries."

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